Crimplesham
| Crimplesham | |
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 St Mary, Crimplesham |
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 Crimplesham
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| Crimplesham shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi) |
| Population | 298 (2011) |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF650037 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode district | PE33 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Crimplesham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of the small town of Downham Market, 12 miles (19 km) south of the larger town of King's Lynn, and 37 miles (60 km) west of the city of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of 1,640 acres (660 ha) and in the 2001 census had a population of 221 in 94 households, the population including Stradsett and increasing to 298 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
In Saxon times, around 1040, Ailid a freewoman is recorded as the owner of the manor of Crimplesham.
In 1066 William the Conqueror seized the manor and gave it to Rainald, one of his barons. And so on, through medieval history, possession of Crimplesham passed from baron to baron, its owner often holding manors all over England. At one time it had ties to Bexwell, Downham Market and the Abbey at West Dereham
In 1541 Francis Dereham of Crimplesham was hanged, drawn and quartered, by order of Henry VIII, accused of a pre-marital relationship with Catherine Howard.
In 1806 the Bagge family of Stradsett bought the manor from the daughter of the late Edward Soames, Lord of the manors of Dereham and Crimplesham. In 1880 a Liverpool banker called John Grant Morris purchased some of the land, including the manor house, and built a new Hall as a gift on the marriage of his daughter to the second son of the Bagge family.
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